Report Reveals The True Cause Of Freddie Gray’s Death

Update: Baltimore’s chief prosecutor has determined Freddie Gray’s death was a homicide and has charged six police officers involved in the incident with multiple charges, including manslaughter and misconduct.

A preliminary report by the Baltimore Police Department on the death of Freddie Gray reveals they believe he died due to an injury suffered when Gray purposefully slammed into the back of the police van he was traveling in.

The report claims that the bolt in the back of the van he was in matches the neck injury Gray sustained that eventually led to his death, according to the medical examiner for the Baltimore Police Department.

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The report also claims that Gray’s injuries were not due to his arrest, which was filmed by an eyewitness.

Officials, however, refuse to confirm the report. A spokesman for the medical examiner said, “We don’t do preliminary findings, and the investigation isn’t concluded.”

The preliminary report mentions little about the claims of a man who was in the van with Gray, who asserts that Gray “intentionally (tried) to injure himself” while in the police van.

“A prisoner sharing a police transport van with Freddie Gray told investigators that he could hear Gray ‘banging against the walls’ of the vehicle and believed that he ‘was intentionally trying to injure himself,’ according to a police document obtained by The Washington Post,” an article by the Post read.

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The only new information confirmed by authorities was the discovery of a stop the van Gray was in took on the way back to the station. In a press briefing, deputy police commissioner Kevin Davis said the stop was “previously unknown to us.”

“It would be inappropriate for us to further comment,” said Baltimore Police Cpt. J. Eric Kowalczyk on the latest developments.

The police findings have been passed on to the prosecutor’s office, which now has the task of deciding whether charges will be filed against any of the six officers involved in Gray’s arrest.

“While we have and will continue to leverage the information received by the department, we are not relying solely on their findings but rather the facts that we have gathered and verified,” said Marilyn J. Mosby, the state attorney for Baltimore. “We ask for the public to remain patient and peaceful and to trust the process of the justice system.”